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Since 1950, there have been only 24 seasons where a team&#8217;s rushing leader rushed for more yards than its passing leader gained through the air. The last team to accomplish this feat was the 2009 Titans, when Chris Johnson rushed for 2,006 yards. That year, the Titans split the duties at quarte2015-02-20 23:36:521/12: FootballPerspective.com- Guest Post: Are Interceptions Overrated?http://www.footballperspective.com/guest-post-are-interceptions-overrated/
Guest contributor Adam Steele is back again. You can read all of Adam&#8217;s articles here. Are Interceptions Overrated? Thereâs nothing worse than throwing an interception. Everyone seems to agree on this, from fans to media to advanced stats guys. But is it really true? In this quick study, I l2015-01-12 17:36:111/4: FootballPerspective.com- Ryan Lindley Had the 9th Worst Passing Performance in Playoff Historyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/ryan-lindley-had-the-9th-worst-passing-performance-in-playoff-history/
Ryan Lindley had a very, very bad day against the Carolina Panthers on Saturday. He completed 16 of 28 passes for just 82 yards, with one touchdown and two interceptions. He was also sacked four times and lost 31 yards. Assigning 20 yards per passing touchdown and -45 per interception, and including2015-01-04 22:36:0812/12: Dawg Pound Nation- How Some Previous Browns Quarterbacks First Starts Have Gone &#160; Recently updated !http://dawgpoundnation.com/2014/12/12/browns-quarterbacks-first-starts/
&#60;h1&#62;How Some Previous Browns Quarterbacks First Starts Have Gone&#60;/h1&#62; Johnny âFootballâ Manziel makes his first start as the Cleveland Brownsâ quarterback this Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. He will be the 50th quarterback to start for the Browns. Wikipedia only lists 42014-12-12 04:41:167/26: FootballPerspective.com- Steve Grogan is the Yards Per Completion Kinghttp://www.footballperspective.com/steve-grogan-is-the-yards-per-completion-king/
In 2013, the average completion went for 11.63 yards. That&#8217;s a pretty low number historically, although it&#8217;s actually a bit higher than some of the recent NFL seasons. Take a look at how Yards per Completion has generally been declining throughout NFL history: If you want to discuss the 2014-07-26 00:35:567/20: FootballPerspective.com- Worst Passer Ratings In Every Year Since the Mergerhttp://www.footballperspective.com/worst-passer-ratings-in-every-year-since-the-merger/
In 2013, Geno Smith had the worst passer rating (66.5) in the NFL. The year before, Mark Sanchez had a passer rating of 66.9, which was very nearly the lowest in the league (Matt Cassel had a rating of 66.7). But while the Jets didn&#8217;t quite do it, a couple of teams have managed to [&#8230;]2014-07-20 00:35:535/23: FootballPerspective.com- Are First Round Quarterbacks Starting Earlier?http://www.footballperspective.com/are-first-round-quarterbacks-starting-earlier/
Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, and Teddy Bridgewater were selected in the first round of the 2014 Draft. The Jaguars seem intent on giving Bortles a redshirt year, but it seems likely that the Browns and Vikings will hand their rookie quarterbacks the reins at some point early this fall. From the fi2014-05-23 00:36:055/4: FootballPerspective.com- The Evolution of Quarterbackshttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-evolution-of-quarterbacks/
With the NFL draft approaching, you&#8217;ll hear a lot of statements about how the quarterback position is changing. Mobile quarterbacks are now &#8220;in&#8221;, which is a good thing for Johnny Manziel. A 6&#8217;4 frame is no longer required, which is a good thing for&#8230; well, Manziel, and n2014-05-04 00:35:463/24: FootballPerspective.com- Expected Quarterbacks Wins Based On Passing Efficiencyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/expected-quarterbacks-wins-based-on-passing-efficiency/
On Friday, the Jets released Mark Sanchez. I don&#8217;t have much in the way of a post mortem, but it felt odd not to have at least some post on the subject. And despite watching every Sanchez start for four years, it still takes me by surprise when I see that his career record is [&#8230;]2014-03-24 00:36:2112/27: FootballPerspective.com- Ryan Tannehill had one of the worst passing games everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/ryan-tannehill-had-one-of-the-worst-passing-games-ever/
Did you happen to notice the stat line produced by Ryan Tannehill last week? He completed just 10 of 27 passes for only 82 yards in a 19-0 loss to the Bills. A 37% completion rate and a 3.0 yards per attempt average are ugly numbers in their own right, but Tannehill was also sacked [&#8230;]2013-12-27 23:36:3612/25: FootballPerspective.com- More Impressive Passing TD Record: Manning 2013 or Marino 1984?http://www.footballperspective.com/more-impressive-passing-td-record-manning-2013-or-marino-1984/
With one game remaining, Peyton Manning has already set the new single-season record with 51 passing touchdowns (two months ago, I projected Manning to finish the season with 52 touchdowns). But all records must be viewed in their environment, and NFL teams are averaging 1.58 touchdown passes per te2013-12-25 23:36:4012/19: FootballPerspective.com- Eli Manning in elite INT territoryhttp://www.footballperspective.com/eli-manning-in-elite-int-territory/
After a five-interception performance against a dominant Seattle pass defense, Eli Manning now has 25 interceptions this season. The odds are extremely low, but it&#8217;s not impossible that he throws ten more interceptions and ties the modern record set by Vinny Testaverde in 1988. That year, a 252013-12-19 23:38:3912/13: FootballPerspective.com- Records With and Without A Quarterback: Aaron Rodgers Editionhttp://www.footballperspective.com/records-with-and-without-a-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-edition/
Green Bay started the season 5-2 and seemed on its way to another playoff berth. But in the first quarter of the team&#8217;s eighth game, Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone. The Packers lost that game (technically on Rodgers&#8217; ledger as the starter), and have struggled ever since. In his stead2013-12-13 23:36:0710/7: FootballPerspective.com- Where Does Manning/Romo Rank Among Great QB Games?http://www.footballperspective.com/where-does-manningromo-rank-among-great-qb-games/
Peyton Manning and Tony Romo staged a classic yesterday afternoon in Dalllas. The Broncos won 51-48, and the two quarterbacks put up ridiculous stat lines. Manning went 33 of 42 for 414 yards, and threw four touchdowns and just one interception. He wasn&#8217;t sacked, giving him an impressive 10.692013-10-07 12:36:459/29: FootballPerspective.com- Sam Bradford, and Ranking Quarterbacks by Yards per Completionhttp://www.footballperspective.com/sam-bradford-and-ranking-quarterbacks-by-yards-per-completion/
As a rookie, Sam Bradford ranked last in the league in yards per completion. That year, he averaged 9.92 YPC, 1.61 yards per completion lower than the league average of 11.53. In his second and third years &#8212; 2011 and 2012 &#8212; Bradford was a little better in that metric, but he still finish2013-09-29 00:36:268/27: FootballPerspective.com- Is Russell Wilson the next Ben Roethlisberger?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-russell-wilson-the-next-ben-roethlisberger/
On the surface, Russell Wilson and Ben Roethlisberger have almost nothing in common. Wilson was an undersized, overlooked, third-round pick, while Roethlisberger was a first round pick who is one of the most physically imposing quarterbacks in NFL history. But both players had pretty similar rookie 2013-08-27 00:36:137/28: FootballPerspective.com- Matt Ryan has most wins through five years, ranks 7th in Winning Percentagehttp://www.footballperspective.com/matt-ryan-has-most-wins-through-five-years-ranks-7th-in-winning-percentage/
An interesting tweet from Adam Schefter today: Matt Ryan has 56 regular season wins in his first five seasons, the most in NFL history. Ryan has started 78 games, one of only three quarterbacks (Peyton Manning, Joe Flacco) to start at least 75 games in their first five seasons. I thought it would be2013-07-28 16:36:235/23: FootballPerspective.com- Charles Woodson Returns To Oakland: Now Where Does He Rank?http://www.footballperspective.com/charles-woodson-returns-to-oakland-now-where-does-he-rank/
Charles Woodson is back in Silver and Black. Woodson was drafted by Oakland with the 4th pick in the 1998 Draft and had a very good eight-year run with the Raiders. But he saw experienced even more success with the Packers, and the two biggest highlights of his career &#8212; winning the AP Defensiv2013-05-23 00:36:255/1: FootballPerspective.com- Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbackshttp://www.footballperspective.com/where-does-tim-tebow-rank-in-the-pantheon-of-great-quarterbacks/
With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that&#8217;s the case, it&#8217;s time to reflect on a great career that never ceased to captivate the nation. While there are many ways to grade a quarterback, probably the best and simplest measure would be &#8220;pr2013-05-01 00:35:554/16: FootballPerspective.com- Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?http://www.footballperspective.com/do-nfl-teams-properly-value-age-when-drafting-quarterbacks/
For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes of the world, you generally don&#8217;t hear much from the draft community about the age of a prospect. But we do know that age matters, and that all other things bein2013-04-16 00:35:521/4: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-career-passing-stats-in-wins-and-losses/
Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at all games, including playoffs, from 1960 to 2011, for all quarterbacks with at least 5,000 career passing yards over that time period. The table below lists the following inf2013-01-04 23:35:4812/8: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Most Game Winning Drives in First 12 gameshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-most-game-winning-drives-in-first-12-games/
Scott Kacsmar, friend of Football Perspective and the leading writer on quarterback comebacks, noted that Andrew Luck has 5 game-winning drives in his first 12 games. Where does that rank historically? To be clear, game-winning drives are not an official statistic, and while Kacsmar has gone through2012-12-08 16:35:5010/31: FootballPerspective.com- NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 8http://www.footballperspective.com/nyt-fifth-down-post-week-8/
My post for the New York Times this week takes a look at the triumvirate of Mike Tannenbaum, Rex Ryan, and Mark Sanchez. Rex Ryan was hired by Mike Tannenbaum on Jan. 19, 2009. Three months later, they traded up in the 2009 N.F.L. draft to acquire Mark Sanchez. Since that moment, the three of [...]2012-10-31 00:36:2310/4: FootballPerspective.com- Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Addedhttp://www.footballperspective.com/quarter-by-quarter-team-win-probability-added/
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team&#8217;s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given the pregame Vegas line and the score margin of the game after the quarter in question. Today, I want to break down those numbers in more detail by looking at which [...]2012-10-04 00:36:249/24: FootballPerspective.com- Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP)http://www.footballperspective.com/interceptions-per-incompletion-or-popip/
I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There&#8217;s a stat called BABIP, which stands for Batting Average on Balls In Play. A &#8220;ball in play&#8221; is simply any at bat that doesn&#8217;t end in a home run or a strikeout. The 2012-09-24 00:36:30